The Challenge
First Federal is located in a rural area of Washington state, which makes recruiting top talent for the Cybersecurity team challenging.
Brett Bies, CISO of First Fedelal, had met Boris Goncharov – the AMATAS Chief Strategy Officer, at a summit conference a few years prior, and initiated a conversation with him about providing fractional CISO services. Enlisting AMATAS on a consulting basis would eliminate the hassle of having to find and hire someone who would be a good fit over the long term, as well as the high overhead associated with training and benefits for a new hire.
“We were struggling with finding a good fit for the CISO role. We went through couple of hires, but they didn’t work out in the long run. Finding qualified candidates who were local to our headquarters wasn’t easy. AMATAS could hit the ground running, and we could re-allocate the savings to invest in other areas of the business.”
Brett Bies, CISO at First Federal
The Solution
First Federal is located in a rural area of Washington state, which makes recruiting top talent for the Cybersecurity team challenging. Bies had met Boris Goncharov – the AMATAS Chief Strategy Officer, at a summit conference a few years prior, and initiated a conversation with him about providing fractional CISO services. Enlisting AMATAS on a consulting basis would eliminate the hassle of having to find and hire someone who would be a good fit over the long term, as well as the high overhead associated with training and benefits for a new hire.
“Amatas could hit the ground running, and we could re-allocate the savings to invest in other areas of the business.”
Brett Bies, CISO at First Federal
The Result
First Federal is located in a rural area of Washington state, which makes recruiting top talent for the Cybersecurity team challenging. Bies had met Boris Goncharov – the AMATAS Chief Strategy Officer, at a summit conference a few years prior, and initiated a conversation with him about providing fractional CISO services. Enlisting AMATAS on a consulting basis would eliminate the hassle of having to find and hire someone who would be a good fit over the long term, as well as the high overhead associated with training and benefits for a new hire.
“We were struggling with finding a good fit for the CISO role. We went through couple of hires, but they didn’t work out in the long run. Finding qualified candidates who were local to our headquarters wasn’t easy.”
Brett Bies, CISO at First Federal
